Biography Natalya Kasperskaya

If it weren’t for her, the “Kaspersky laboratory” would not exist. More - in the ALLSEO dossier. Natalia Kasperskaya was born on February 5 in Moscow. As a child, Natalya favored animals and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but she categorically did not work out with chemistry at school. But with mathematics, everything was in order, and the parents-mother, design engineer, and the physical and mathematical papa-candidate-prophesied Natalya a great future on the technical path.

Even before entering the institute, Natalya proved herself to be a leader - she was engaged in active pioneer and social activities. After listening to her parents, Kasperskaya entered the specialty "Applied Mathematics" of the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering. In the year she received a diploma. Subsequently, she gained the degree of bachelor of the Open University of Great Britain with a degree in Business.

Before doing sales and management, Natalya worked for several years at the Central Scientific and Development Bureau of Moscow as an ordinary scientist. She also met a student with a talented programmer Evgeny Kaspersky, and when in the year it became possible to go to work at the Kami Scientific and Technical Center-the one where Eugene began his career, Kaspersky took the opportunity.

In Kami, she took up an unusual activity for herself. At first, Natalia worked as a sales manager of the department of computer technology, but soon she was transferred to manage the antivirus development department, where Evgeny Kaspersky worked on AVP. By the year - when Kaspersky’s anti -virus product began to be sold, and the affairs at the Kami NTC are completely stuck - Natalya raised the question of the separation and creation of her company.

Evgeny Kaspersky first grumbled and did not want any changes - they say, he will only interfere with work on the project. But Natalya of her husband still persuaded. In the year, the company "Kaspersky Laboratory" appeared. Eugene acted according to the principle of “the idea ... initiator” - threw all the organizational responsibility at Kaspersky and returned to the development of software.

At first, Natalia Kasperskaya had hard. But she coped. And in the year, hired technical, commercial and financial director came to her aid. In the year, the family of Natalia and Eugene fell apart under the pressure of everyday squabbles. This did not affect the company in a visible way. Up to a year, the leadership and responsibility for the activity of the Kaspersky Laboratory in the market lay mainly on the shoulders of the General Director of Natalia Kasperskaya.

In OM, as a major shareholder, the head of the board of directors was elected to the post of head of the board of directors, while the place of the general director was taken by Evgeny. In the year, in parallel with work in the Laboratory, Natalya began to develop another area of ​​activity-the development of data protection systems in corporate intranet networks of DLP systems.

After 3 years, Kasperskaya took the post of general director of InfoWatch, the developer and distributor of such systems based on her. Today, this company has great potential for expansion to Western markets. In Russia, Infowatch has become the first in its field. In Russia, the successful activities of Natalia Kasperskaya were noted in the year. She was determined for 4th place in the top of the most successful businesswoman of the country.

By this time, Natalia already had many awards from foreign IT publications. In the same year, Kaspersky was elected a member of the Russian-German foreign trade chamber. By the way, in OM Natalya Kasperskaya received the second place among the best top managers of the IT industry of Russia. In business, Natalya appreciates teamwork. As a leader, she knows how to listen to the opinion of experts before committing rash actions.

At the same time, she does not accept all sorts of Timbildings and other “nonsense” inspired from abroad. Work with Russian programmers requires a completely different approach, and Kaspersky is aware of this. In the "laboratory" developers were never reported for delay, but they had to fulfill their part of the matter on time. In marriage with Evgeny Kaspersky, Natalya became the mother of two children.

After the divorce, she began to live with a prominent IT-chair Igor Ashmanov. By the year, she became the mother of two more children. The last daughter Masha was born in March. A month before, fans of the Kaspersky Antivirus presented Natalia a comic list of possible names for the child, each of which somehow belonged to the antivirus region. Natalya Kasperskaya knows two foreign languages ​​well - German and English.

On vacation often travels to ski resorts, is fond of tourism and travel. Natalia plays well on the guitar. Projects of Natalia Kasperskaya:.